Back in the day when scientific discoveries had just begun, the elite started to see opportunities in the business world that could be made use of due to the advent of scientific discoveries.
In addition to the profitable version, the elite also started to see conflict between the religious view and the scientific ideas. This conflict created distance between the elite and the religion.
On the other other hand, the lower classes got closer to religion because for them, scientific discoveries were out of reached and they thought of them as devils.
This is an abstraction because Donna generalized a concept — reporting the title or price of a book — to apply to all types of books. Noticing repeated details or common features and removing them is a key element of abstraction.
Life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than that of non-smokers. Quitting smoking before the age of 40 reduces the risk of dying from smoking-related disease by about 90%.
